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Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 -1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. After retirement as a teacher at the conservatory, Reinecke devoted his time to composition with a long and v...

Erkki Melartin (1875 -1937) was a Finnish composer. Although Melartin was chiefly a lyricist, the symphony was central to his musical output. He wrote six symphonies and was the first Finnish composer...

Erkki Melartin (1875 -1937) was a Finnish composer. Although Melartin was chiefly a lyricist, the symphony was central to his musical output. He wrote six symphonies and was the first Finnish composer...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of operas, oratorios, masses and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. When Gounod's Opera '...

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of operas, oratorios, masses and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. When Gounod's Opera '...

Tannhäuser is one of Richard Wagner's richest and most elaborate musical achievements. A mood of autumnal melancholy imbues the third and final act: Wolfram feels the chill hand of impending death, bu...

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of operas, oratorios, masses and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. When Gounod's Opera '...

Eduard Strauss (1835-1916) fue un compositor austriaco que, junto con sus hermanos Johann Strauss II y Josef Strauss, formó la dinastía musical Strauss. Su popularidad se vio eclipsada por la de sus h...

Eduard Strauss (1835-1916) fue un compositor austriaco que, junto con sus hermanos Johann Strauss II y Josef Strauss, formó la dinastía musical Strauss. Su popularidad se vio eclipsada por la de sus h...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The seventh dance from the first s...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was not immediate successful as an operatic composer although he regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was not immediate successful as an operatic composer although he regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris...

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) was one of the most important organ and harpsichord players of his time. He gave concerts in numerous musical centers and was, among other things, the full-time organi...

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) was one of the most important organ and harpsichord players of his time. He gave concerts in numerous musical centers and was, among other things, the full-time organi...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Capriccio es la última ópera del compositor alemán Richard Strauss. Se estrenó en el Nationaltheater München el 28 de octubre de 1942. La ópera constaba originalmente de un solo acto. La escena final...

Capriccio es la última ópera del compositor alemán Richard Strauss. Se estrenó en el Nationaltheater München el 28 de octubre de 1942. La ópera constaba originalmente de un solo acto. La escena final...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) fue uno de los tres grandes comopisitores de la era belcantista que dominó la escena operística italiana en la primera mitad del siglo XIX. "La Sonnambula" es la primera d...

For piano four-hands Franz Schubert composed a small series of three military marches, which are collected under the catalog of works by Otto Erich, German, as D 733. The first of the three is far mor...

The Prelude for Orchestra (Granada) was commissioned in 1961 by Granada Television for use in their broadcasts.Walton had composed in the genre several times before (Crown Imperial, Spitfire etc.) but...

The aria E lucevan le stelle is sung by Cavaradossi in the third and final act of Puccini's Opera Tosca. To fulfil his last wishes he is allowed to write a letter to Tosca: `And the stars flickered wh...